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THE ELECTRIC STATE (2025): OFFICIAL LOOK | Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt

The Electric State is a spectacular adventure from the directors of Avengers: Endgame set in an alternate, retro-futuristic version of the 1990s. Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things, Enola Holmes, Damsel) stars as Michelle, an orphaned teenager navigating life in a society where sentient robots resembling cartoons and mascots, who once served peacefully among humans, now…

Fly Me to the Moon: Scarlett and Channing’s Chemistry Soars

©Courtesy of Focus Features Certain historical events leave such an significant impact on society’s trajectory that some people choose to believe they were faked to satisfy a political agenda. That immediately happened when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the moon as part of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission 55…

Suncoast : Exclusive Interview with Writer/Director Laura Chinn

©Eric Zachanowich/Searchlight Pictures Synopsis : Inspired by Chinn’s life experience from the early 2000s, follows a teenager (Nico Parker) living with her strong-willed mother (Laura Linney), who must take her brother to live at a specialized facility. There, she strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist (Woody Harrelson) amidst protests surrounding one of…

Sundance Review / Suncoast: Nico Parker Shines in Poignant Tale

There are certain key events that people from a particular generation will remember. One of them for Americans who were alive in the early 2000s is the case of Terri Schiavo, who was in a vegetative state and whose husband’s request to remove her feeding tube attracted national controversy and attention. Her story played a…

James L. Brooks to Direct ‘Ella McKay’ for 20th Century Studios

Thirteen years after his last directorial project, James L. Brooks is planning to make Ella McCay for Twentieth Century Fox. Negotiations are reportedly underway with emerging and established actors that include Albert Brooks, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ayo Edebiri, Spike Fearn, Woody Harrelson, Emma Mackey, and Kumail Nanjiani. News of Brooks’s latest venture came this week…

Exclusive Video Interview: Actor Cheech Marin on Starring in Champions

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. The most tender films that resonate with their viewers are those that speak to the human condition in the most enlightened – and equally fun – ways. One of this year’s most heartfelt, amusing movies that is the upcoming sports comedy, Champions. The film…

Toronto International Film Festival Review – ‘Triangle of Sadness’ is Ruben Östlund’s Latest Biting Social Critique

Filmmaker Ruben Östlund has no problem making audiences uncomfortable. His film Force Majeure looks at the aftermath of an apparent avalanche when one husband and father’s gut reaction is to grab his phone and keys and run rather than protect his family. The Square, in addition to tackling the often pretentious nature of art, examines…

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS : Director Ruben Östlund’s latest Palme d’Or Winner / Starring Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Woody Harrelson

Ruben Östlund | Writer, Director  Filmmaker Bios  Ruben Östlund was born in 1974 and grew up on an island on the West Coast of Sweden. He studied at the University of Gothenburg where he met Erik Hemmendorff with whom he later founded Plattform Produktion. An avid skier, Östlund directed three ski films, alluding to his…

Film Review: ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ Delivers Some Mindless Fun

What does it take for a villain to be rebranded as a hero? Typically, it can be a change of heart or circumstances, and, most commonly, is prompted more than anything else by the introduction of someone even worse, whose negative traits aren’t counteracted by any endearing qualities. The name Venom, literally synonymous with poison,…

“Kate” : Film Review- Why All the Hate For, “Kate?”

Rehashing trends is nothing new in Hollywood. If a genre or type of story hits big, expect to see clones not too far behind. Try to count on your hands how man Zombie, Time Loop, and of course…Revenge flicks you’ve seen, or heard of in your life time. Even if the premise is tired and…

KATE | Official Trailer | Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Woody Harrelson, Tadanobu Asano, Miyavi

After she’s poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims. Meticulous and preternaturally skilled, Kate is the perfect specimen of a finely tuned assassin at the height of her game….